Plow attachment.



D. O. WBLOH.

PLOW .ATTAGHMBNT.

APPLICATION FILED APR.Z5,'1911.

1,086,4127, Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

C/OLUMBIA'PLANOGRAP'H C0.. WASHINGTON D c TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DREW O. WELCH, 0F DUBLIN, TEXAS.

PLOW ATTACHMENT.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DREW O. VVELOH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dublin, in the county of Erath and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plow Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to plows and more particularly to means for coupling or attaching two or more plows together and changing the same from walking plows to riding plows, and the object is to provide simple and inexpensive devices by which two or more plows can be coupled or attached together in a fixed or rigid relation and to which a seat for the operator may be securely mounted and also to provide simple devices for regulating the depth of the plows into the ground.

Another object is to provide such connecting devices as are necessary to secure a direct pull on each plow beam.

Other objects and advantages will be fully explained in the following description and the invention will be more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this application and specification.

Figure l is a side elevation of two plows connected with the improvements hereinafter described. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, the seat being removed and the seat support being cut away along the line a2-0a of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a broken view, illustrating a variation in the means for connecting the draft yoke to the plow beam on one side. Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of one of the rollers or wheels for regulating the depth of the plows.

Similar characters of reference are used to indicate the same parts throughout the several views.

The drawings show two plows connected together in accordance with my invention. It is apparent that more plows can be connected in the same manner.

It is apparent that this invention will save labor in that one man can do what two or more men would be required to do and the labor for the one man is made lighter because he can ride and do the work with so much more case.

The plow beams 1 and 2 are fixed in a rigid relation to each other by the coupler and brace 3 which is attached to beam 1 by Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 25, 1911.

Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

Serial No. 623,314.

bolts 4 and attached to beam 2 by bolts 5. The forward ends of the beams 1 and 2 are held in a rigid or fixed relation to each other by a draft yoke (i which is attached to the beam 1 by bolts 7 and which is attached to the connecting bar 8 by bolts 9. The connecting bar 8 is attached to the beam 1 and to coupler 3 by bolts 4: and to the coupler 3 by a bolt 10. In this way a direct pull on both beams is accomplished by the yoke 6. The beams 1 and 2 and the coupler 3 are further braced by the seat bracket 11 which is attached rigidly to the coupler and brace 3 by a bolt 12 and further connected to the coupler 3 and to beam 2 by one of the bolts 5. The seat bracket 11 may also be connected to the beam 1 by a bolt 13. The bracket 11 is bent to form the transverse bar 14 for the seat support 15. The seat 16 is attached to the support 15 which is attached to the bar 14 by a bolt 16. The bar 8 must be bent to form an offset 17 in order to bring the bar in line with beam 1 so that the pull will be in a direct line with the beam. The bar 8 may be dispensed with and the coupler and brace 3 may be bent to form an off-set 18 and extended and attached to the yoke 6 by bolts 4. WVheels or rollers 19 are mounted 011 the arched axle 20 which is clamped to the beam 2 and to the connecting bar 8 and brace and coupler 3 by U- bolts 21 and yokes 22. The depending portions of the axle may be set any suitable angle to the beams 1 and to vary the depth of the plows. Rollers or wheels 23 may be provided to run in the furrows behind the plows to regulate the depth of the plows into the ground. The wheels 23 are clamped on the plow beams 1 and 2 at any suitable height by the hangers 24: which carry the wheels 23. The hangers 24: are clamped on the beams 1 and 2 by bolts 25.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,-

1. A frame for coupling plows together comprising a coupler attached to the front and rear parts of one plow beam and having a bend therein intermediate the ends thereof attached to the rear part of the beam of the other plow, and a draft yoke connected to the forward end of the latter beam and attached to the forward end of said coupler.

2. A frame for coupling plows together comprising a coupler attached to the front and rear parts of one plow beam and having a bend therein intermediate the ends thereof attached to the rear part of the beam of another plow, a draft yoke connected to the forward end of the latter beam, and attached to the forward end of said coupler, and a brace for said coupler having a bend intermediate the ends thereof attached to said first-mentioned beam and having both ends attached to said coupler in the bend of said coupler, and one of the ends attached tothe last mentioned beam.

8. In plows provided with beams, a frame for coupling the beams together comprising a coupler attached to the rear and forward portions of the beam of one plow and having a bend intermediate the ends thereof attached to the rear portion of the beam of the other plow, and having a forward extension, and a draft-yoke attached to the forward end of the latter beam and attached to said extension.

4. A frame for coupling plow beams together comprising a coupler attached to the rear and forward parts of one beam and having a bend intermediate the ends thereof attached to the rear portion of another beam and having a forward extension, said bend serving to space said beams apart, and a draft yoke attached to the forward end of the latter beam and attached to said forward extension.

In testimony whereof, I set my hand in the presence of two witnesses, this 10th day of April, 1911.

DREl/V O. WELCH.

Witnesses:

G. B. MALONEY, CHAS. ULMER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, walhington. D. C. 

